中考英语英语阅读理解精选附答案
中考英语阅读理解精选试题及答案
中考英语阅读理解精选试题及答案三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
ADo you like cartoons? If so, read the introduction to the 5 Best Animation（动画）Studios.TOP 1 Pixar Animation StudiosFor thirty years, it has produced many wonderful stories which attract every age group. Every Pixar film is the result of its writers trying to tell better stories. With the releases（发行）for Cars 3, Coco, Toy Story 4, Pixar’s next work will be better.26. What animation was produced in Studio Ghibli?A. Toy Story 4.B. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.C. SpongeBob SquarePants.D. Nausicaa of the valley of the Wind.27. What can we learn from the introduction?A. Nickelodeon Animation Studio began to make silent short cartoons in 1998.B. The writers from Pixar Animation Studios are trying to tell better stories.C. Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs didn’t catch any attention in 1937.D. The logo of Dream Works Animation is known by all cartoon-lovers.28. Which part of a magazine may this passage be taken from?A. Outdoor Fun.B. Great People.C. Art World.D. Wild Animals.BIn a few hours Sam would be flying to Germany. We looked at eachother but no sound broke the silence of my beach-side house.Such a moment was not the first time for me. On Sam’s first day ofkindergarten（幼儿园）, I felt his stress when holding his hand. He looked atme-as he did now. But I said nothing till the school bus came. About ten years later, I drove him to the college. He was sick but I didn’t know then. I thought he was just too tired. I tried to think of something to say as he would start a new period of life. Again, ______.Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those opportunities we parents all let pass. A boy graduates from school, a daughter gets married. We seldom find a quiet moment to tell them what they have meant to us. Or what they might face in the future.Sam was weak when he was born but grew into a strong boy. Then he became the best baseball player in high school. His finest moment came when he got the first prize at a science fair.I was sorry he gave up his athletic talent, but proud that later he chose English literature. One day, I told Sam I regretted never traveling abroad to know better about the world before working. Sama decided to learn German in Berlin, even though his friends thought it meaningless.The night before he was to leave, I failed to say any words again. Maybe, I thought, it wasn’t necessary to say anything.What does it matter if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? But as I stood before Sam, I knew it does matter. My father and I loved each other. However, I always regretted never hearing him put his feelings into words.“Sam,” I said, “if I could have picked, I would have picked you.” I wasn’t sure he understood what I meant. Sam came towards me and threw his arms around me, saying “thank your”. My eyes misted over（模糊）. Then, the moment ended, and Sam left home.That was seven weeks ago, and now I think about him when I walk along the beach near my home on weekends. Thousands of miles away Sam might be busy walking in the street of Berlin.What I had said to Sam was not new. It was nothing. But, it was everything.（adapted from Words from a Father）29. Which of the following can be put at the end of Paragraph 2?A. I failed to say a wordB. his illness worried meC. I decided to go abroadD. his growth satisfied me30. When Sam heard “if I could have picked, I would have picked you”, he might feel_________.A. stressedB. sadC. calmD. excited31. What does the writer mean by writing the last sentence “But, it was everything”?A. A father should care about his son’s education.B. A father should express deep love to his son.C. A son should take his father’s suggestion.D. A son should respect his father’s decision.CHave you ever paid for educational podcasts （播客）or live videos? Ask some people and most of them will say yes. “Pay-for-knowledge” has been more and more fashionable these years. The contents of these “pay-for-knowledge” products are from language learning to gardening or baby-caring. Everything you think of can be found online at this moment. “Pay-for-knowledge” is on the rise（兴起）.Why is “pay-for-knowledge” industry developing so rapidly? First, its development is basedon the Internet. With a fast network and a smartphone, anyone who has passed the identity（身份）check can be an online teacher, and anyone with an online account can buy “pay-for-knowledge” products that he or she wants at an affordable price. Second, people are afraid to miss any information. On one hand, people hope for more useful information. On the other hand, such information is usually at the hands of experts （专家）who serve well-known companies and universities. Moreover, the need to learn new skills in today’s job market also pushes people to learn on such educational podcasts.The industry of “pay-for-knowledge” has proved to be lucrative. It promises possibilities of turning information into money. It is good for the development of our country and it can help sellers make lots of money. Besides, buyers can enjoy self-growth fro m it. What’s more, this is a reflection（反映）of respect for knowledge and talents.However, the rapid development of “pay-for-knowledge” has a few problems. For one thing, the market is full of eye-catching words such as “How to be an Industry’s Expert in 5 Hours” and “15 Classes to Be a Master o f Appreciating （欣赏）Classical Music”, which sound like if you pay for it, you are sure to succeed. For another, a large number of customers buy them Just for showing off. In fact, those who have really had self-growth after buying online courses may be the kind of people who need them least. In other words, with or without these courses, they can make it anyway, because they are those who have the ability to learn by themselves.In general, the best is the one that suits you most. “Pay-for-knowledge” may be used as a good start for self-growth. Be careful! Otherwise, your dream of success may not come true.32. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. “Pay-for-knowledge” products can help all the people succeed.B. “Pay-for-knowledge” prod ucts can offer people different kinds of courses.C. People who can teach themselves need “pay-for-knowledge” products most.D. People must learn from experts who serve famous companies and universities.33. What can we learn about “pay-for-knowledge” indu stry from Paragraph 2?A. The history of its development.B. The problems of its products.C. The advantages of its products.D. The causes of its rise.34. The underlined phrase “be lucrative” in Paragraph 3 means “_____________”.A. produce lots of moneyB. get much informationC. win great respectD. enjoy self-growth35. The main purpose of this passage is to___________.A. recommend the “pay-for-knowledge” products to peopleB. advise everyone to learn knowledge by themselves onlineC. remind people to choose “pay-for-knowledge” products wiselyD. teach parents how to buy some online courses for their children答案：26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. B 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. C三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
初三英语15篇阅读(含答案)
Passage 1(2017 江西)“Color, color, color!” are the words of artist Eric Carle. Eric is like the king in the world of children’s books. He has written over 70 children’s books. His most famous book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, is common on children’s bookshelves all over the world. What most people don’t know is that Eric also makes art for adults, which is called “ArtArt”. People didn’t know about it, because he didn’t show it to the public until he was 84 years old!Like Eric’s children’s books, his “ArtArt” is full of bright and clear color. He says that he loves color so much because he missed it during the war in Germany. Eric was born in New York in 1929, but moved to Germany with his family when he was 6. When he was 10, World War II began. He noticed that all the houses and buildings in his town were painted grey, brown or dark green, It was a sad time, and it seemed like there was no color anywhere.At the end of the war, “When color came back,” Eric explains, “I just loved it so much. I keep saying that I wish our eyes could see more color. Color is a very important part of my work.’’That’s true. Eric paints bright colors on paper, cuts out shapes, and then glues them onto another piece of paper. This method is called collage. In fact, it is what led Eric to his “ArtArt”.Eric’s “ArtArt” includes large collages as well as paintings, photographs and even costumes. In all these works, he uses all kinds of colors—everything from purple to light green to orange. Now that’s a lot of color!()1. When did Eric show “ArtArt” to the public?A. In 1929.B. In 1993.C. In 1997.D. In 2013.()2. Why did Eric feel sad during World War?A. Because he could hardly see bright color.B. Because he had to join the army to fight.C. Because he couldn’t draw very good paintings.D. Because he lived a very poor life with his parents.()3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Collage plays an important part in Erica’s book “ArtArt”.B. Children know little about The Very Hungry Caterpillar.C. Eric has created more books for adults than for children.D. Eric moved to Germany with his family when he was 10.()4. What’s the main idea of this passage?A. Eric created collages for his books.B. Eric’s “ArtArt” is popular with people.C. Erica’s love for color led him to success.D. Eric is the king in the world of children’s books.Passage 2(2017 河南)Not only kids of Tiger Moms go to Harvard.Dawn Loggins of Lawndale, N. C., is on her way to Harvard, one of the eight world-famous universities in the eastern US. Nobody encouraged her to study or paid for her special classes. This girl created her own future.The teen was abandoned by her family last summer, when her parents and two sisters moved to Tennessee. She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friends’ sofas.The school bus driver learned about Dawn’s situation and invited Dawn to move in with her family. Soon, Dawn had a job at Burns High School. She worked from 6 a. m. to 7:40 a. m. before the first school bell rang. She swept floors and picked up trash again in the afternoons, before diving(跳水)into her studies in the evenings.Dawn’s hard work paid off. She finished school with a 3. 9 GPA and scored 2,110 on the SAT.“There were times when I felt like it would be easiest if I gave up,” the 18-year-old said. “But it was never in me to give up, because I realized that I was never going to be successful unless I got an education.’’Even before Dawn’s family left her, she led a difficult life. Her family was poor and cups of noodles were oftenthe only food. Dawn “studied by candlelight” because her parents couldn’t afford to pay the electricity bill(电费).Dawn has now reconnected with her family. They’re proud of her accomplishments and are attending her high school graduation.()1. Why didn’t Dawn give up her studies?A. To reconnect with her family.B. To thank those who had helped her.C. To get an education to be successful.D. To realize her dream of going to Harvard.()2. Who helped Dawn when she found herself homeless?A. Her teachers.B. Her neighbors.C. A Tiger Mom.D. A school bus driver.()3. What does the underlined word “abandoned” mean in Chinese?A. 宠爱B. 抛弃C. 鼓励D. 虐待()4.Which of the following words best describes Dawn?A. Open-minded.B. Good-natured.C. Strong-willed.D. Warm-hearted.()5. What’s the best title for the text?A. Another Harvard girlB. A girl in candlelightC. From homeless to HarvardD. The role of Tiger MomsPassage 3(2017 广州)Tim Berners-Lee is not the most famous inventor in the world. However, his invention has changed our lives.He was born in London, England in 1955. When he was a small boy, Tim was interested in playing with electrical things. He studied science at Oxford University. He made his first computer from an old television at the age of 21.Tim started working on early computers. At that time, they were much bigger than now. He worked in England then Switzerland. Tim was really interested in two things, computers and how the brain works. How could the brain connect so many facts so quickly? He had to work with people all over the world. They shared information about computers. It was hard to manage all the information. He answered the same questions again and again. It took a lot of time. It was even difficult for computers in the same office in Switzerland to share information. Tim also forgot things easily. Could a computer work like a brain? Could it “talk” to other computers?There was an Internet already but it was difficult to use. In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web(WWW)all by himself. This had a special language that helped computers talk to each other on the Internet. When people wanted to share information with others, they used the World Wide Web. The Internet grew quickly after that.Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think he did anything special. He says that all of the ideas about the Internet were already there. All he did was to put them together. He says that many other people worked together to make the Internet what it is today.Most inventors want to become rich, but Tim gave away the World Wide Web for nothing. He now works in America. He helps people share technology and wants the Internet to be free for everyone to use. Maybe he is the most important but least famous inventor in the world today!()1. What was Tim Berners-Lee interested in?A. Looking for jobs in different cities.B. Talking to people around the world.C. Studying how to connect computers.D. Exploring how to improve memory.()2. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to “___________”.A. Working on early computersB. Connecting different facts togetherC. Travelling to the office in SwitzerlandD. Repeating the answers to the same questions()3. Why is Tim Berners-Lee one of the most important men in the world?A. He made information sharing on the Internet possible.B. He made the first computer when he was 21 years old.C. He helped people understand better how the brain works.D. He invented the Internet and made it free for everyone to use.()4. In what order did the following events take place?a. Tim worked in England.b. Tim worked in Switzerland.c. Tim made his first computer.d. Tim invented the World Wide Web.e. Tim studied science at Oxford University.A. c-e-d-a-bB. e-b-a-c-dC. c-d-a-e-bD. e-c-a-b-d()5. What does the writer think of Tim Berners-Lee?A. He is not famous because he is not rich.B. He has changed our lives and he is great.C. He did nothing special but made people a good life.D. He has made great achievements in memory research.Passage 4(2017 青岛)Ray Charles, a black singer and pianist of the USA. He had won 12 Grammy Awards(格莱美奖)and performed at 10, 000 concerts around the world. Many musicians called him simply “the Genius”(天才).Ray Charles was born into a poor family, without a father. When he was 5 years old, his younger brother died, and around the same time, Charles started to lose eyesight. By the age of 7 he was completely blind. He had already been learning the piano for a year, and when he went blind, his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future. All his life, Charles remembered her saying: “Do it right, or don’t do it at all.”Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children. There the teachers also encouraged him to study music. Sadly, while he was still at school, his mother died. He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players. He sang, played the piano and wrote music.He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles.In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made. The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx. The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles. After they had been playing together for two hours, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said: “He’s the one… he can do it.” A year later Charles died aged 74. The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory music will live on.()1. What can we learn from Ray’s childhood story?A. His father died when he was 5 years old.B. He started to go blind at the age of 7.C. He was born in a rich musician family.D. He started to learn the piano at the age of 6. ()2. Ray Charles’ mother encouraged him to play music because___________.A. his father was a musician as wellB. because it would help him get used to being blindC. it was a good way for a blind person to get moneyD. his teacher thought he was a genius()3. Ray Charles went to a school for___________.A. normal childrenB. deaf and blind childrenC. talented children onlyD. children without parents()4. Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx___________.A. was the right person to play him in the filmB. was a good film makerC. was the wrong person to play him in the filmD. was a good director()5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Becoming a musician.B. Childhood story.C. The film of Ray’s life.D. Master of many styles.Passage 5(2017 宁波)Do you know any 9-year-olds who have started their own museums? When Theodore Roosevelt(罗斯福)was only nine, he and two of his cousins opened “the Roosevelt Museum of Natural History.” The museum was in Theodore’s bedroom. It had a total of 12 specimens(标本). On display were a few seashells, some dead insects and some birds’ nests. Young Roosevelt took great pride in his small museum.Born in New York in 1858, Theodore Roosevelt was not always healthy. “I was a sickly, delicate boy,” he once wrote. Roosevelt had a health condition called asthma(哮喘). He often found it hard to breathe. Instead of playing, he observed(观察)nature and then read and wrote about it.Roosevelt’s interest in nature sometimes got him into trouble. Once, his mother found several dead mice in the icebox. She ordered him to throw them out. This was indeed a loss to science, Roosevelt said later.Because Roosevelt was often sickly as a boy, his body was small and weak. When he was about 12, his father urged him to improve his body. Roosevelt began working out in a gym. He didn’t become strong quickly. But he did decide to face life’s challenges with a strong spirit. That determination stayed with Roosevelt his whole life. And finally his body did get strong. As an adult, he was an active, healthy person. He enjoyed adventures and loved the outdoors.In 1900, at the age of 41, Roosevelt was elected Vice President. A year later, President McKinley, was shot and killed. Roosevelt became the 26th President of the USA. At 42, he was the youngest leader the country had ever had.()1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. Roosevelt’s museum had 12 specimens.B. Roosevelt had two cousins.C. Roosevelt was a brave man.D. Roosevelt had a small museum as a boy.()2. Which of the following tells about Roosevelt as a boy?A. He liked playing outdoor sports.B. He became the president in 1901.C. He was interested in observing nature.D. He was a healthy person full of energy.()3. It can be inferred that___________.A. Roosevelt’s mother liked miceB. Roosevelt followed his father’s adviceC. everyone with asthma is small and weakD. working out in a gym is a waste of time()4. In which book might you find this passage?A. Improving Your BodyB. Living With AsthmaC. Small Museums of Natural HistoryD. The Childhoods of America’s PresidentsPassage 6(2017 台州)At just 17 years old, Pakistani Malala was the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.Malala came to international attention when she spoke up for the rights of all children to have an education. Malala’s father was a teacher who ran a school. For her early life, her family lived in the school so she was used to sitting in the classrooms before her school age. Now, she can speak three languages and loves learning.She grew up in Pakistan. The living conditions in her area were very poor and unsafe. Many people were hurt and many schools were closed. Especially girls were not allowed to go to school.Reporters from Britain told the world what was happening with the help of Malala. In 2009, 12-year-old Malala wrote 35 diaries on the Internet. She wrote about the difficulties of her life, and about her strong hope for education.Soon after that, Malala’s family was chosen to be in a TV program to show ordinary children’s education because both father and daughter spoke good English, and they cared about children getting an education.From then on, a few people hated her and hurt her. Though terribly wounded, Malala became a courageous fighter for the education rights of millions of girls worldwide. “I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who was hurt. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up,” she said.She has now written a book about her life called I am Malala. The book shows that one person’s voice has the power to inspire change in the world. In her speech, she spoke warmly about her aims for education and peace. One sentence she said one day became famous: One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can greatly change the world.()1. Many people around the world began to know Malala because___________.A. she could speak three languages in allB. her father ran a school for the youngC. she fought for all children’s educationD. she got an education when she was young()2. It can be inferred that Malala is a___________ girl from Paragraph Five.A. braveB. livelyC. cleverD. careful()3. The underlined word “inspire” in the last paragraph might mean “___________”.A. describeB. compareC. celebrateD. encourage()4. The purpose of this passage is mainly to___________.A. introduce peopled living conditions in PakistanB. suggest more news reporters to pay attention to the girl MalalaC. let people realize the importance of all children’s educationD. tell more people to give opinions on kids’ education in PakistanPassage 7(2017 义乌)Sydney Fredette has a lot of things to deal with. Not only is she a high school student, but she has also set up her own organization, Beary Merry Christmas. She volunteers to serve poor kids and families in Orange County(县)in California, US.To remember her best friend who died of cancer nearly 10 years ago, Fredette decided to serve those in Orange County who are less lucky than she is.She began with the simple idea of collecting donated(捐赠的)Build-A-Bears, the popular toy animal that is made by children themselves in the stores’ workshops. Fredette then gave them as gifts to the homeless children in California during the holiday season.With donations at more than 100 bears a year, Fredette and volunteers host activities every year, where volunteers not only give out the bears, but also clothing, meals, and other things.Not wanting to limit(限制)the giving to just the holiday months, Fredette now hosts other activities for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Halloween, providing the chance for her volunteer team to make a difference through the year.“I love making relationships with the people I serve,” Fredette said. “The thanks they have, hearing their stories and seeing how happy they are, it’s so cool.”Future plans for Fredette include building a public food bank and providing a self development class for students in her school who will soon attend college.Heading to college herself in the autumn, Fredette is looking to stay local and continue to help out in her county. In fact, she was regarded as a “Dreamer & Doer” not long ago for her work in improving her community, along with 32 other high school students.()1. Fredette started her own organization to___________.A. keep her life busyB. thank her best friendC. look after the sickD. help poor people ()2. What can we learn about Beary Merry Christmas?A. It holds one activity a year.B. It gives out other things besides bears.C. It buys bears from the stores.D. It offers service around America.()3. It can be inferred(推断)that Fredette___________.A. likes telling people storiesB. dreams of being a teacherC. is pleased with what she doesD. plans to leave California for college()4. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Giving back to societyB. Getting on well with othersC. Providing a food bankD. Improving community collegesPassage 8(2017武汉)The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places alone these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which was from the West to the Far East.Merchants travelled along the Silk Road to carry silk, of course. They also carried and traded other things like spices(香料), cloth, jewels and gold.Along and around these ancient paths(小路), have come many fascinating and mysterious stories.It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They decided to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend of the blond-haired, blue-eyed tribes of China was started.Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir were taken away from their country Israel. They were prisoners(俘虏)of war almost 2800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish way of life for a long time.During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods from different areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.In modern times, the old Silk Road routes(路线)are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.()1. It is clear that___________.A. the Silk Road was divided into Europe, Africa and AsiaB. Roman soldiers would like to travel along the Silk RoadC. people could travel to different countries along the Silk RoadD. people shared only silk on the Silk Road()2. The underlined word “Merchants” in the passage probably means___________.A. foreignersB. businessmenC. soldiersD. prisoners()3. According to the passage, ___________.A. the Silk Road began with the warsB. the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers in ChinaC. people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years agoD. people from Israel were not included among people on the Silk Road()4. The old Silk Road routes are still used because___________.A. there are many old stories about themB. the historians and scientists think highly of themC. China will make good use of the Silk Road againD. People can keep on traveling and trading along them()5. The best title for the passage can be___________.A. Along the Silk RoadB. Silk Route MuseumC. Trade for SilkD. The West and the Far EastPassage 9(2017 河南)The idea that red means stop and green means go has influenced our lives in more ways than just traffic signals(信号). We have been taught from a young age that the color red means danger and green means it’s okay to move forward. But why were those colors chosen for traffic lights in the first place? For something we have to look at every day, why couldn’t they have been prettier colors?Well, it’s important to know that before traffic lights for cars, there were traffic signals for trains. At first, railway companies used red to mean stop, white to mean go, and green to mean warn. As you could imagine, trains ran into a few problems with white meaning go. For example, one train mistook a bright star for a white light and something unexpected happened. Because of that, railway companies finally moved green meaning go and used yellow to mean warn. And it’s been that way ever since.Red has always been a color that meant danger, long before cars were even around. This most likely started because of the color with the longest wavelength(波长)so it can be seen somewhere farther than other colors.But, believe it or not, yellow was once used to mean stop. Back in the 1900s, some stop signs were yellow because it was too hard to see a red sign in a poorly lit area. Finally, highly reflective materials(高反射材料)were developed and red stop signs were born. Since yellow can be seen well at all times of the day, school zones, some traffic signs, and school buses continue to be painted yellow.So next time you’re impatiently waiting at a traffic light, don’t get so mad at them; they’ve certainly come a long way.()1. What were traffic signals for before traffic lights for cars?A. Trains.B. Boats.C. Planes.D. Bicycles.()2. Which of the following colors meant go at first?A. Red.B. Yellow.C. White.D. Green.()3. Why does red mean danger?A. Because it’s the brightest color,B. Because it can be seen far away.C. Because railway companies say so.D. Because it has the shortest wavelength.()4. Why are school buses painted yellow?A. Because yellow is a prettier color.B. Because yellow once meant danger.C. Because yellow can be seen well in daytime.D. Because yellow means it’s OK to go forward. ()5. What does the text mainly tell us?A. How important traffic lights are.B. Which color has the longest wavelength.C. What red, yellow and green can be used for.D. Why traffic lights are red, yellow and green.Passage 10(2017 广东)People often think of the North Pole(北极)and the South Pole as similar frozen(冰冻的)wastelands. They are both places with very cold temperatures and few people live there. However, the North and South Poles are not much alike as people may imagine.The North Pole has no land, only thick ice. Temperatures seldom go above 32°F, at which water turns into ice. Most of the time, it stays below zero. In winter temperatures are usually as low as -30°F.Although conditions were very poor, people tried for many centuries to reach the North Pole. About 100 years ago, two men, Robert Peary and Mathew Henson, were able to get to this environment full of troubles and difficulties. They reached the North Pole on March 8th, 1909. It was really a hard trip for them.There are few things more dangerous than crossing the Arctic(北极圈)on foot. People who stayed there may face many problems: very cold temperatures, sudden storms, and even hunger. Most of the area is uninhabited. Few people can live in such a difficult place.People might think that with such low temperatures for most of the year, the ice would be thick and hard.However, this is not true in the Arctic. The movement of the ocean water under the ice may often cause many different changes on the surface. Sometimes the ice breaks into two opening lanes of water(水道)called “leads”. Anyone who falls into a lead can be frozen to death in a few minutes.()1. This passage is probably from___________.A. a book reviewB. a science bookC. a school reportD. a computer magazine()2. According to the passage, what happened about 100 years ago?A. Two men succeeded in getting to the North Pole.B. Temperatures in the North Pole went above 32°F.C. The environment in the North Pole suddenly became worse.D. The North Pole changed into thick ice because of the temperatures.()3. What does the underlined word “uninhabited” probably mean in Chinese?A. 气候恶劣的B. 充满危险的C. 困难重重的D. 无人居住的()4. The reason for the ice to break into two opening lanes of water is___________.A. that the temperature suddenly dropsB. that the water under the ice is frozenC. that the ocean water under the ice movesD. that the surface is covered with lots of ice()5. What does this passage mainly talk about?A. The thick ice in the North Pole.B. A difficult trip to the North Pole.C. The real situation in the North Pole.D. The differences between the North Pole and the South Pole.Passage 11(2017 福建)No one knows when the first kite was made. The first record of a kite was more than 2,000 years ago in China. Han Xin, the leader of an army, wanted to bring down a king. He decided to dig a tunnel(隧道)into the king’s palace. He flew a kite over the wall of the palace to make sure the length(长度)of its string(线). In this way, he could determine how long the tunnel should be. His men in the tunnel took the kite string with them. When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.Kites have been flown in Japan for hundreds of years. In the 1700s, kites were flown in autumn to give thanks for a good harvest. They were also flown to send good wishes to couples who had their first son. Today in Japan, kites are often flown as part of a celebration, such as the beginning of a new year. And kite festivals are held each year in many parts of the country.Kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightening was a form of electricity. In the 1890s, Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite to test ideas about flight. From 1898 until 1933, the United States Weather Bureau(气象局)used box kites to collect weather data. The Wright brothers also experimented(试验)with kites. What they learnt helped them make the first airplane flight in 1903.()1. Why did Han Xin want to dig a tunnel?A. To pull down the palace.B. To fight against the king.C. To search for the king’s treasure.D. To find out the length of the kite string.()2. What does the underlined word “determine” in Paragraph 1 probably mean in Chinese?A. 测定B. 选择C. 了解D. 考察()3. One of the purposes of flying kites in Japan is___________.A. to give thanks for a good harvest in summerB. to express good wishes to the first-born daughterC. to celebrate the beginning of a new yearD. to hold kite festivals all over the country()4. When did the United States Weather Bureau begin to use box kites?A. In 1752.B. In 1898.C. In 1903.D. In 1933.()5. What would be the best title for the text?A. The History of KitesB. The Experiments of KitesC. The Invention of a KiteD. The First Record of a KitePassage 12(2017 温州)When Sunday is over, the boring office may be the last place you think of, but the Apple Park in Cupertino, California may give you a different feeling.Apple Park is like a huge landed UFO, which covers an area of 708,000 square metres. The round four-storey main building has hundreds of rooms. It covers an area of up to 260,000 square metres. The outer walls are made up of huge pieces of glass. Many of them can be opened like the windows in your home, and the whole building can “breathe” like a human being. With this special ventilated system, it only needs to use air conditioners for three months of the year. There are 75,000 square metres of solar arrays on the roofs of the building. They provide electricity for the whole Park. The Apple Park building is a bright, comfortable and convenient place for all the 12,000 Apple people to work inside.Apple Park is not only a fantastic working place. There is a huge dining hall for all the Apple people to have meals together at once. There is a four-storey café, a sports center and a 1,000-seat theatre to offer relaxing services. There are 2,000 bicycle parking spaces, so people can ride their bikes to work. The company also provides 1,000 bikes for Apple people to get around all over Apple Park. In the middle of the round building is a huge park. Over 9,000 trees including many fruit trees are planted to make it a mini forest. It’s an ideal place to make Apple people feel better and more energetic.Apple Park is a gift for all the Apple people.()1. The main building of Apple Park is___________.A. 12,000 square metresB. 75,000 square metresC. 260,000 square metresD. 708,000 square metres()2. Apple Park gets electricity from its___________.A. outer wallsB. solar arraysC. roomsD. trees()3. Why does Apple Park offer many services?A. To keep Apple people busy.B. To invite tourists to have fun there.C. To make itself a better gift to Apple people.D. To build itself a better place to enjoy nature. ()4. Which of the following is TRUE?A. There are over 9,000 fruit trees in the Park.B. Apple people can do exercise in Apple Park.C. Apple Park can “breathe” for three months of the year.D. The outer walls of the main building are made of wood.Passage 13(2017 天津)As an English, I can speak three languages—English, German and French. So do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren’t.Some statistics(数据)from the survey done by the European Commission(欧盟委员会)showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more, Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language。
初中英语阅读理解训练及参考答案(通用9篇)
初中英语阅读理解训练及参考答案（通用9篇）中考英语阅读理解及解析篇一Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the CommunityAdvertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they’re always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. ‘It’s iniquitous,’ they say, ‘that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making. Why don’t they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, it’s the consumer who pays…’The poor old consumer! He’d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn’t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway byelaws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities.We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price!Another thing we mustn’t forget is the ‘small ads.’ which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the ‘hatch, match and dispatch’ column but by far the most fascinating section is the personal or ‘agony’ column. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It’s the best advertisement for advertising there is!1. What is main idea of this passage?A. Advertisement.B. The benefits of advertisement.C. Advertisers perform a useful service to communities.D. The costs of advertisement.2. The attitude of the author toward advertisers isA. appreciative.B. trustworthy.C. critical.D. dissatisfactory.3. Why do the critics criticize advertisers?A. Because advertisers often brag.B. Because critics think advertisement is a “waste of money”。
淮安市中考英语英语阅读理解精选附答案
淮安市中考英语英语阅读理解精选附答案一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷1．阅读理解（1）What kind of the letter may the passage be?A. An admission letter.B. An apology letter.C. A business letter.D. A thank you letter.（2）How much should Zhang Wei pay in all to enter the university?A. HK$ 55,935.B. HK$ 55,810.C. HK$ 55, 685.D. HK$ 55,560.（3）If you were Zhang Wei, how would you feel at this letter?A. Annoyed.B. Excited.C. Upset.D. Anxious.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）B【解析】【分析】句意：这是张伟的一张香港中文大学的录取通知书，其中涉及到专业，学习方式，学位以及费用。
（1）细节理解题。
根据文中的语句The Chinese University of Hong kong AdmissionNotification提示可知，这是一张录取通知书，故选A。
（2）细节理解题。
根据文中的语句HK$ 55,560.（for native students）以及Zhang Wei （Yuyao，Ningbo）提示可知，张伟的学费是HK$ 55,560，故选D。
（3）理解归纳题。
这是一张香港中文大学的录取通知书，张伟收到以后，一定非常的激动，故选B。
【点评】考查阅读理解。
本文主要考查细节理解题，首先仔细阅读文后的问题，弄清问题的大意；然后带着问题阅读短文，抓住关键信息，选择正确答案。
2．阅读理解I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors' house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoonSeveral months later, I found I couldn't see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, 'Why doesn't she clean her window? It looks terrible!One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including(包括) the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging(评判) others,（1）How long has the writer lived in the house?A. Two years.B. Three years.C. Four years.D. Five years.（2）The writer couldn't see the woman clearly because_______.A. the writer's window was dirtyB. the woman's house was too farC. the woman didn't open her windowD. the woman's window was dirty（3）It took the writer_______ to clean the house that afternoonA. two hoursB. three quartersC. the whole afternoonD. three hours （4）The underlined word 'ashamed' means_______.A. 高兴的B. 放松的C. 羞愧的D. 激动的（5）According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to_______.A. clean the houseB. judge othersC. help neighborsD. watch others【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）D（4）C（5）B【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要讲述了作者搬家后的亲身经历，他没有清理自己的窗户，却认为别人的窗户不干净，所以对自己的行为感到很羞愧。
(英语)初三英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)含解析
（英语）初三英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)含解析一、英语阅读（日常生活类）1．根据短文内容，判断正误。
Riding a Mobike on the street. You might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale.But you are not in China—You are in Manchester in Britain. You might see similar things in many other cities. Chinese products have been going global （世界性的）.Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western countries for a long time. To meet local people's tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes. For example, Chinese people like to eat meat with the bone in, but Western people don't. So Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones, even for fish.Some Chinese brands are also becoming more popular. In many cities in Europe, stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers.More than half of the US-owned drones（无人机）are Chinese models. They're not only made in China, but also designed and developed in the country.In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap and unreliable（不可靠的）. But now, things have changed greatly. "Made in China" becomes cool.（1）We can see more people use Chinese products in Western countries now.（2）Chinese restaurants provide meat with bones to meet local people's tastes.（3）More than 50% of the US-owned drones are designed, developed and made in China. （4）In the past , most Western people thought Chinese products were unable to be trusted. （5）This article is about the disadvantages of Chinese products.【答案】（1）1（2）0（3）1（4）1（5）0【解析】【分析】本文介绍了有关中国元素的很多东西。
中考英语英语 任务型阅读理解精选含答案
中考英语英语任务型阅读理解精选含答案一、英语任务型阅读1．根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
A man came home from work late, tired and unhappy. He found his 5-year -old son waiting for him at the door.The boy asked, "Daddy, how much do you make every hour?" The father was angry at his son's question. When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked him for $ 10. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn't answer his son.The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour, the man calmed himself down (使....平静) and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 10."Maybe I was too hard on you just now, "the man went into his son's room and said." Here's the $ 10 you asked for.""Oh, thank you, Daddy!" The little boy said. Then he reached under his pillow (枕头), pulled out some crumpled (皱的) money and said, "Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow, I really want to have supper with you."（1）Did the man give the money to his son at first? (不超过3个词)（2）How much could the father make every hour? (不超过4个词)（3）What did the boy really want to buy? (不超过6个词)【答案】（1）No, he didn't.（2）20 dollars an hour. /$20.（3）An hour of his father's time.【解析】【分析】本文讲述了一个男孩想要用钱买他爸爸的时间来一起吃晚餐的故事。
《初三英语阅读八篇》含答案
初三阅读A1Visitors to the United States are often surprised to learn the distance from the east coast to the west coast. It is more than 3,500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast to the Pacific Ocean on the west. A jet plane crosses the continental United States in about five hours, but a traveler in a fast railroad train needs more than forty-eight hours to cross the country.The new state of Hawaii is very far from the states on the east coast of the continent. Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean. It is more than 3, 000 kilometers from Hawaii to the mainland of the United States.1. This passage tells us _________.A. the United States is smaller than most people think it isB. the United States is a very big countryC. the new state of Hawaii has greatly increased the size of the United StatesD. the United States is a very famous country2. From this passage we can know the distanceA. from New York to ChicagoB. from the east coast to the west coastC. from the Canadian border to the Mexican borderD. from Hawaii to the east coast3. People who visit the United States are often surprised when they ______.A. come to the east coast of the United StatesB. know how far it is from the east coast to the west coastC. are in a jet planeD. travel in a fast train4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. It fakes a traveler more than 48 hours to cross the country by fast car.B. There are no mountains in the continental U.S.C. America is in the Atlantic Ocean.D. Hawaii is far away from the mainland of the U.S.Key: BBBD2There are many important differences between human beings and animals. Perhaps one of the most important differences is that human beings have the ability to think, to make new ideas. Humans can do this because we have a well-developed brain. The brain allows Us to think, to invent an idea, and to remember it.The brain has three main parts. Each part does a different task, so each part is equally important.The cerebrum (大脑) is where you think, decide, remember, and feel. This is the large part on top. Under the cerebrum is the cerebellum (小脑). This part controls your muscles, so this part dictates your body movements. The third part, called the medulla (髓), controls a very important group of nerves. It is through these nervesthat messages pass from your brain to your body. The medulla doesnot help you think. It tells the muscles in your body to work. For example, the medulla keeps you breathing, it makes your heart continue to beat, and it tells your stomach to digest the food that you just ate.The human brain is a very complicated organ. Each of the three parts does different jobs, but actually no one knows for certain how the brain works.5. A good title for this passage is _______.A. Three Ways to ThinkB. The Human BrainC. Three IdeasD. Human Beings6. The word “ allows” in line 5 means _______.A. letsB. findsC. gives.D. knows7. You see a new shirt and decide to buy it. This idea happened in the _____.A. CerebrumB. medullaC. cerebellumD. three main parts of the brain8. Your heart beats thousands of times every day because of the _______.A. cerebrumB. medullaC. cerebellumD. muscles9. All messages from your brain to your body travel _______.A. through nervesB. to the heartC. near the stomachD. under the cerebrum Key: BAABA3There are many different kinds of cars in this world. My cousin thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with him.My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesdays, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers per hour!My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black! Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has engine trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother andtheir dog.Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my cousin? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?10. What does the writer’s cousin think about cars and their drivers?A. Big people drive small cars.B. Old people drive new cars.C. Poor people have expensive cars.D. Rich people have expensive cars.11. What kind of car does Mrs. Hill have?A. A fast, new car.B. A fast, old car.C. A slow, old car.D. A fast, small car.12. What kind of pictures does Mike paint?A. He often paints pictures in black.B. He paints very colorful pictures.C. He paints pictures with only a few colors.D. He never paints beautiful pictures.13. How many people go out in Joe's car on Sundays?A. FiveB. SixC. SevenD. EightKey: DABB4Skin is the name for the special covering on our bodies. It comes in colors such as black, brown, white, yellow, and red. However, the color of skin is not important. All skin has one important job. to protect what is inside our bodies. With careful treatment, your skin will continue to help protect you and your body for a long time.Skin has two parts. The top part which we can see is called the epidermis (表皮). It is a very thin layer of dead skin. The body replaces this layer all the time. People lose about twenty kilos of skin in their life.The inner layer of skin is called the dermis (真皮). The skin in this layer is living. The dermis makes new skin for the epidermis. In addition, the dermis has tiny oil glands (腺). The oil glands are important because they produce oilthat help to keep our skin soft. The dermis is also important because it allows our body to lose some of its heat. In this way, our body does not get too hot.14. A good title for this article is _______.A. Skin ColorB. About Human SkinC. Functions of Oil GlandsD. Differences between Epidermis and Dermis15. The word "replaces" means _________.A. makes softB. puts oilC. puts againD. changes16. We may conclude that ______.A. the epidermis protects the dermisB. the dermis is usually hardC. the epidermis is more important than the dermisD. the dermis is more important than the epidermis17. Oil glands are located in ________.A. the dermisB. the epidermisC. neither A or BD. both A and B18. The dead skin which humans lose all the time is _______.A. the dermisB. the epidermisC. the oil glandsD. none of the three Key: BCAAB5Fred telephoned his wife. I've managed to get free tickets for the theatre tonight," he told her. "Meet me outside the office. We'll have something to eat and then go on to the theatre."Fred's wife was delighted. It was quite a while since they had been to the theatrre, which she liked very much She met her husband as they arranged. They had dinner and go to the theatre in good time.At the entrance Fred took out his wallet to get the tickets. “It's very strange," he said. “ They aren't here!" Try your pockets," suggested his wife. But the tickets weren't there either.Then Fred looked very embarrassed （窘迫). "What's the matter?" asked his wife. "Well," Fred explained, 'I remember what I did with my tickets. I put them in my briefcase. But because I wasn't coming home, I left it in the office !"19. One day, Fred _______ the tickets for the theatre.A. boughtB. foundC. was givenD. stole20. Fred and his wife went to the theatre _______.A. once a monthB. only occasionallyC. quite oftenD. quite a while21. Fred wanted to meet his wife _______.A. at homeB. at the theatreC. in a restaurantD. near his office22. They reached the theatre ________.A. as quickly as possibleB. neither late nor earlyC. lateD. early23. When Mr. Fred couldn't find his tickets and remembered what he did with thetickets, his wife might feel ______.A. worriedB. frightenedC. embarrassedD. disappointedKey: CBDBD6After a long period of studies, scientists are uncovering surprising new findings about dolphins (海豚). They believe that dolphins do “talk”to each other, whistling “names” among themselves and others in their group. They help one another when in trouble. Like bats, they use sound waves to "see". Because of these and many other findings, many scientists now place dolphins among the cleverest animals on earth.Dolphins love to mimic (模仿)- If we swim on our backs, they do too. If we dive, they follow. Once a trainer blew a puff of (一口)cigarette smoke against the window of an observation tank (观察舱), a young dolphin suddenly swam to its mother, nursed a moment, and spit out a cloud of milk against the glass.It is even more surprising that dolphins are able to understand sign language. One of Herman’s dolphins .mastered more than 50 sign words. And they can also mimic the signatures of others. Now scientists are learning how dolphins “speak" to each other.Dolphins help one another. When birth-giving takes place, females (雌性)gather to keep off sharks (鯊鱼). Later, while the mother looks for food,, they take care of the young dolphin, swimming in a circle.Dolphins reach out to us in astonishing ways. What would the world be like without them?24. To the best of our knowledge, dolphins are ______.A. surprising fishB. interesting animalsC. intelligent mammals (智能哺乳动物)D. man's friends25. In the second paragraph, “nursed" means _____.A. brought the mother something to eatB. sucked milk from the mother dolphinC. asked to be taken care ofD. gave Some milk to her26. What was the young dolphin doing when it suddenly swam to its mother?It was _______.A. having-a little funB. diving into the deep seaC. playing with the trainerD. copying “smoking"27. Which of the following do you think is more reasonable?A. We are still in the early stage of learning about these animals.B. We have little difficulty in understanding dolphins.C. Man will be able to talk freely to dolphins in the near future.D. Sign language is the only way to make dolphins understand us.28. The underlined word "they" in the first paragraph refers to ______.A. scientistsB. batsC. dolphinsD. trainersKey: CBDAC7Strange things happen to time when you travel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks more or fewer than seven days.If you make 'a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters different time zone everyday. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clock back; travelling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has. either twenty4ive or twenty-three hours.If you travel by ship across .the Pacific, you cross the international data line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday; travelling west, it is tomorrow!29. Strange things happen to time when you travel because ______.A. no day really has twenty-four hoursB. the earth is divided into time zonesC. time zones are not all the same sizeD. no one knows where time zones are30. The difference in time between zones is _______.A. seven daysB. one hourC. twenty-four hoursD. more than seven days31. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean _______.A. is in one time zoneB. is divided into twenty-four time zonesC. is divided into five time zonesD. cannot be crossed in five days32. If you cross the ocean going west, you set you clock _________.A. one hour back in each new time zoneB. one hour ahead for the whole tripC. back one full day for each time zoneD. ahead by twenty-five hours33. The international date line is the name for ______.A.the beginning of any new time zoneB. the point where time changes by one hourC. the point where a new day beginsD. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean34. The best title for this selection is _______.A. A Trip Across the AtlanticB. How Time Changes Around the WorldC. Crossing the International Date LineD. How Time Zones Were Set Up Key: BBCACB8In many countries today, laws protect wildlife. In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.About 300 B. C. all Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing of game beasts was carefully supervised (监督). Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest, nobody was allowed to cut timber (树木), burn wood for charcoal, or trap animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park, so that other animals would not become uneasy.The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand species of animals are in danger of extinction (灭绝), and the rate at which they are being destroyed has increased. With mammals, for instance, therate of extinction is now about one Species every year: from A. D. 1 to 1800, the rate was about one species every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of preserving wildlife while caring for the world's growing population.35. The example of man's concern with wild life protection dates back to _____.A. 500B.C. B. 300B.C. C. A.D. 1 D. A.D.180036. The story says that in forests long age _______.A. hunters were given permits to hunt gameB. tigers only were to be killedC. the killing of game beasts was supervisedD. no killing of beasts was allowed37. Cutting timber in these forests was ___________.A. carefully supervisedB. not allowedC. allowed to nobles onlyD. limited to smaller trees38. Caring for animals in these forests included ______.A. taking dangerous animals out of the park before killing themB. employing men to look after ill or injured animalsC. Both A and BD. Neither A nor B39. Implied (暗示) but not stated:A. The growth of the world's population has meant greater danger to wildlife.B. About a thousand species of animals are in danger of extinction.C. The rate of extinction of mammals is lower now than it was from A.D.1 to1800.D. Hunters who kill endangered species are severely punished by law.Key: BCBAA9In October 1949, the United Nations brought a number of officials on food to Geneva to discuss the problem of eating habits and food supplies of peoples throughout the world. One problem that interested them particularly was a form of illness, about which little was known among the children in Africa and Latin America. Two doctors were chosen to make the study. They flew to Africa, south of Sahara and during the next two months they visited ten countries. They found that serious problems of poor eating existed in all parts of Africa.The sick children are usually those from one to four years old, As the illness progresses, the children’s stomachs become filled with liquid. The hair changes colour and starts to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time. The doctors pointed out that many African children caught this kind of illness because they are too little milk or meat. It was necessary that the children of Africa should be helped to eat better. The doctors suggested that the production of food rich in protein (蛋白质) be increased. The United Nations should send large quantities of powdered milk (奶粉) to hospital and children health centres.40. This illness is caused by ______.A. living on food without proteinB. poor living conditionC. a kind of insectD. having no food41. The study of this illness by the two doctors was done in _______.A. AfricaB. the SaharaC. Latin AmericaD. Geneva42. A main sign of the illness is that children who have it _____.A. have fat stomachsB. grow more hairC. don't want to moveD. are always hungry43. The study shows that the children who suffer from this kind of illness areusually____.A. teenagersB. under one year, oldC. the children in Africa and Latin AmericaD. from one to four years old44. The patients can be cured by being given __________.A. more meat and milkB. the proper medicineC. more sleep and less meatD. clean waterKey: BACDA10The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small one-engine airplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimter failed. (The altimeter shows the height of the plane above the ground. ) At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly dived into the Atlantic Ocean.Just before daylight, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed fire coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope.Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United states, she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes.45. The passage shows that Amelia was very ______.A. braveB. cleverC. warm-heartedD. lonely46. Her flight was important, because ____________.A. Amelia was a woman pilotB. nobody has broken her recordC. no woman flew the Atlantic alone beforeD. Amelia was able to overcome the difficulties during the flight47. What was the main reason that ,made Amelia famous?A. Her small one-engine plane.B. The great honour she had received at the White House,C. The warm welcome she had received in England and Europe.D. Her extraordinary courage and flying skills.48. Amelia's successful flight has proved that ___________.A. women can do everythingB. women can do things, as men have doneC. men and women are equal (平等) nowD. women pilots are more successful than men pilots49. The title (标题) for this passage would be ______.A. Amelia EarhartB. A Woman PilotC. A FlightD. An Honoured Woman Key: ACDBAA Jack worked in an office in a small town. One day his boss said to him. “ Jack, I want you to go Machester, to an office there, to see Mr Brown. Here’s the address”Jack went to Manchester. When he walked out of the railway station, he thought,” The office isn’t far from the station. I’ll find it easily.”But after an hour he was still looking for it, so he stopped and asked an old woman. She said,“Go straight along this street, turn to the left at the end, and it’s the second building on the right.” Jack went and found it.A few days later he went to the same city, but again he did not find the office, so he asked someone the way. It was the same old woman! She was astonished and said,” Are you still looking for that place?”1. Manchester is the name of ____. A. a city B. a building C. a country D. a street2. The boss wanted Jack to ___. A. go to Machester B. go to his office C. send for Mr Brown D. visit Mr Brown3. How did Jack go to Manchester? A. By bus B. By train C. By car D. By plane4. Jack left the station and ___.A. found the office himself B. was led to the officeC. asked where Mr Brown wasD. didn’t know where he was5. From the story we know ___.A. Jack had a bad memory B. it was really difficult to find that placeC. Jack had never been to ManchesterD. Jack was still looking for that placeB Have you ever heard of the saying, "If you want a friend, be one．"?What does it mean? There are many different things that you can do to make friends．You may find out what they are if you watch someone make friends．Here is how one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of the school．When the bell rang, the teacher smiled at all the students．Then she said, "Good morning．How nice it is to have all of you in my class this year! I want to know each of you very much．I am sure we will enjoy working together．" The teacher smiled, used a pleasant voice , and acted in a friendly way．She told the students her name and wrote it on the blackboard．Then she told them something she liked to do and hoped to do with them during the year．The students knew that she liked many of the same things they liked．Everyone felt that she meant what she said．Each of them wanted to know her better and be her friend．Then she let the students tell something about themselves．So they felt that the teacher knew them．Could you make friends as the teacher did? How do you know and like your classmates? One way is to find out more about them．During the break you can talk to them．You may ask them their names and the names of the schools they went to last year．They want to know about you, too．You may tell them about your interests or your holiday experiences．It is often easy to be friends with people who have the same interests and play the same games．As you talk, the others may be thinking, "I like to do the same things you do．It should be fun to be friends with you．" Remember! Just talking together in a friendly way is one good way to make friends．6. Which do you think is the best title for this passage?A．Making Friends B．How to Talk to Others C．A Talk in Class D．With the Teacher in Class7. How did the teacher get the students to feel that she would be a good friend?A．She laughed at each boy and girl and told them many things she knew．B．She told the students many things she liked to do．C．She laughed and made the students only to know her well in a friendly way．D．She talked and acted in a friendly way to let the students know she really wanted to be friends with them．8. If you want to make friends with others, you should ______ ．A．tell others as many things you like as possible during the breakB．try your best to show what you can do for them in classC．talk with them to find out more about them in a friendly wayD．ask them to have dinner with you and play games with you after class9. "Everyone felt that she meant what she said．"means that ______．A．every student in her class felt that she really liked themB．everyone in her class understood what the teacher saidC．all the students thought it was nothing telling them theseD．everybody felt tired when they heard what the teacher saidC Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.Some places on the earth don’t get very much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls. The plants told the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.10. Deserts _________.A. get very little rainB. never have any plants or animals in themC. can all be turned into good land before longD. both A and B11. Small green plants are very important to dry places because ___A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drierB. they don’t let the wind blow the earth awayC. they hold waterD. all of the above12. Land is becoming desert little by little because ___A. plants can’t grow thereB. there is not enough rainC. people haven’t done what scientists wish them to doD. scientists know little about the deserts13. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. Scientists know how to change desert into good landB. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good landC. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there.D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.14. After reading this, we learn that ___A. plants can keep dry land from becoming desertB. it is good to get rid of the grass in the desertsC. all places without much rain will become desertsD. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass1.A “ A few days later he went to the same city”.2.D “ I want you to go Machester, to an office there, to see Mr Brown.”3.B “ When he walked out of the railway station…”4.D 此题采用排除法。
初三英语阅读理解原文及答案
初三英语阅读理解原文及答案初三英语阅读理解原文及答案学生在初三年级将面临初级中学升学考试，即中考。
为了帮助大家备考中考英语，店铺整理了一些初三英语阅读理解，希望能对大家有所帮助!初三英语阅读理解【1】There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.What to doIn the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.What to wearNearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict._______________In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.1. Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) the passage?A. Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools.B. Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours.C. As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter.D. Students can have different activities in a boarding school.2. Which is the best title for the last paragraph?A. What to eatB. When to eatC. Where to eatD. How to eat3. The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _____________.A. 教师B. 设施C. 活动D. 课程参考答案：1.D 2.A 3.B初三英语阅读理解【2】A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to youand it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesit ated (犹豫).Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surpris e, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”“Oh yes, I’d love that.”After a short ride, the boy turned around with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾的) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.“There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
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中考英语英语阅读理解精选附答案一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷1．阅读理解Earlier this year, China achieved a new milestone (里程碑) in space research. On January 3, 2019, Chang'e-4 became the first lunar probe (月球探测器) in history to successfully land on the far side of the moon.The Earth's gravity (重力) slows the moon's rotation (自转), matching it to the speed of its orbit (公转). Therefore, the far side of the moon is almost "dark" and has never been seen. It's this sense of the unknown that makes the far side of the moon such an interesting place for scientific and space research. Being blown by solar (太阳的) winds, the far side may have the special minerals (矿物质). For this reason, Chang'e-4 will study the effect of solar winds on the lunar surface and any mineral found by the spacecraft. Chang'e-4 is also carrying flower seeds, potatoes and silkworm eggs to see whether life is possible on the moon. If it is, then the moon will become a possible choice for space travel in the future.However, research of the "dark" side isn't easy. As the far side is blocked(阻断) off from us, radio noise coming off Earth is also blocked. This is why China's relay satellite (中继卫星) Queqiao was sent up in May, 2018. Thanks to Queqiao, the communication problem between Earth and Chang'e-4 has been well solved.Power supply (电源供应) is also a challenge to the task. Chang'e-4 gets energy from the sun through its solar panels. As we know, a lunar day has the length (长度) of 28 Earth days. After Chang'e-4 was sent up on December 8, 2018, it took the probe over 20 days to orbit the moon to be in a position to be able to land in moon daylight and use its solar panels.Luckily, everything goes well, Chang'e-4 has worked on the "dark" side for over 5 months. It has sent back many photos of the far side of the moon and has been used to carry out some scientific experiments.The New York Times used the word "groundbreaking" to praise the task and wrote that "it will offer help to the history and development of the moon".（1）When was Chang'e-4 sent up?A. In May, 2018.B. On December 8, 2018.C. On January 3, 2019.D. The passage doesn't tell us.（2）The main tasks of Chang'e-4 don't include _______________________.A. studying if life is possible on the moonB. studying the effect of solar winds on the lunar surfaceC. solving the communication problem between Earth and other probesD. researching any mineral found by the spacecraft（3）The meaning of the underlined word "groundbreaking" in the last paragraph is the closest to "________________".A. harmfulB. unpredictableC. riskyD. pioneering（4）According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Chang'e-4 has sent back many photos of the far side of the moon.B. A lunar day has the length of 28 Earth days.C. China's relay satellite Queqiao was sent up in order to offer power supply to probes.D. Chang'e-4 is the first lunar probe in history that has successfully landed on the "dark" side of the moon.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）D（4）C【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介绍了中国的嫦娥四号月球探测器，为我们讲述了嫦娥四号升空时间，什么时候在月球背面着陆，如何跟地球进行通讯联系等等。
（1）细节理解题，根据After Chang'e-4 was sent up on December 8,可知，嫦娥四号是在2018年12月8号发射升空的，故答案是B。
（2）细节理解题，根据For this reason, Chang'e-4 will study the effect of solar winds on the lunar surface and any mineral found by the spacecraft. Chang'e-4 is also carrying flower seeds, potatoes and silkworm eggs to see whether life is possible on the moon.可知，嫦娥四号的人物包括研究月球表面的太阳风的影响，寻找矿物质，携带花种、土豆和蚕卵看，他们是否恩能够在月球成活，不包括解决地球与月球的通讯问题，故答案是C。
（3）细节理解题，groundbreaking的一是是开创性的，A.有伤害的；B.难以预料的；C.冒险的，D先锋，故答案是D。
（4）正误判断题，根据Thanks to Queqiao, the communication problem betweenEarth and Chang'e-4 has been well solved.可知鹊桥中继卫星的发射是微利解决通讯问题，故答案是C。
【点评】考查阅读理解，本文涉及到了细节理解题和正误判断题，细节理解题一般可知直接在文中找到答案，正误判断题也是细节理解题的一种，也是基于短文内容进行判断的。
2．阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。
Once there was a small hotel whose keeper was always caring about money.One day, a businessman arrived. The keeper looked at the man's thick wallet and thought, "Oh, I wish that all the money could be mine!" The businessman didn't notice that, so he ordered themost expensive room and went to his room to dress for dinner.Around the hotel, there were some beautiful ginger(姜) plants. Many people said that eating the buds(芽) of ginger would make a person forgetful.The keeper thought, "If I serve some buds of ginger to the businessman, he may be forgetful to take his wallet!" Then she went to the kitchen.Soon, businessman came downstairs and asked for dinner. The keeper was very excited as she served the dish to him. "Delicious!" said the rich man. When dinner was finished, he went to bed happily.In the next morning, the keeper saw the businessman leaving from the front door. As soon as he was out of sight, she ran up to his room. She looked all over the room for the wallet, but she couldn't find it. Suddenly, she noticed a piece of paper on the floor. It was the businessman's bill(账单). He had forgotten to pay it! She ran down the stairs, out of the front door, and across the road until she was out of breath, but the businessman was already far, far away. "I'm so silly!”" cried the keeper.（1）The keeper came up with an idea to own the businessman's money when __________.A. she dressed herselfB. she cooked the meal in the kitchenC. the businessman went upstairs happilyD. she thought of the buds of ginger around her hotel（2）The keeper ran into the businessman's room as soon as he left because __________.A. she wanted to find the man's billB. she wanted to find the key to the man's roomC. she wanted to check if the man had left his money thereD. she wanted to see if the man had broken anything in the room（3）Which if the following is NOT true according to this passage?A. The keeper realized the buds of ginger didn't work in the end.B. The keeper ran after the businessman because of the bill.C. The businessman didn't know the rumor (谣言) about the buds of ginger.D. The businessman didn't pay the keeper's bill because he lost his money.【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）D【解析】【分析】文章大意：一个贪财的旅店老板整天惦记着钱，一天一个商人来住店了，他认为商人有很多钱，于是就动了心思，他记着有些人说吃了姜芽可以让人失去记忆，于是他就给商人吃了姜芽，第二天当商人出门之后，他去了房间找钱，但是啥也没有，只发现了一个账单，那是住店的账单，这是他想起来了，商人还没有结账就走了。